Ulises Boy
How popular is Ulises?
#1,038 boy name in 2025
213 baby boys were named Ulises in the US in 2025, making it the 1038th most popular boy name.
Ulises popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,038 for boys (▼ 129 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 213 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #908 in 2015, #875 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (487 boys) |
| Highest rank | #503 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1954 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ulises counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ulises family of names ranked #643 for boys in 2025 (#616 the year before), with 406 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ulises is most popular
Babies named Ulises per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (323 boys)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (300 boys)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 boys)
Ulises by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #3,826 |
| 1960s | 96 | #2,045 |
| 1970s | 303 | #1,354 |
| 1980s | 684 | #861 |
| 1990s | 2,402 | #503 |
| 2000s | 4,129 | #524 |
| 2010s | 2,910 | #561 |
| 2020s | 1,410 | #875 |
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Questions
- Is Ulises a boy or girl name?
- Ulises is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ulises were boys.
- How popular is the name Ulises?
- 213 baby boys were named Ulises in the US in 2025, making it the 1038th most popular boy name.
- When was Ulises most popular?
- Ulises peaked in 2006, when 487 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #503 in 1999.
- How many people are named Ulises?
- 11,959 babies have been named Ulises in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,722 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Ulises most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ulises was most common in California, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.